Fairfax County and Tysons Land Use Task Force Select Firm to Support
Planning Efforts in Tysons

Fairfax County selected a team led by PB PlaceMaking to assist the
Tysons Land Use Task Force in its mission to coordinate community
participation and recommend changes to the 1994 Tysons Corner
Comprehensive Plan to include four planned Metro stations.

The PB PlaceMaking team provides a strong local presence and a deep
familiarity with transit-oriented development in the Washington region
and an understanding of Tysons. The team also includes Robert Cervero;
McLarland Vasquez Emsiek & Partners; Bay Area Economics; and
Placeways. This group of national and international experts has extensive
experience integrating transportation and land use. PB PlaceMaking is a
subsidiary of Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc.

Task force members and county staff worked together to select this urban
design team from among 10 proposals. The contract is valued at $894,000
plus optional tasks not to exceed $106,000. PB PlaceMaking will begin its
support of the task force in November.

The selection of this team is the next logical step in the process to
update the Tysons portion of the Comprehensive Plan, which is the
county’s guidebook for land use and development.

In developing concepts for Tysons, the PB PlaceMaking team will follow
the eight guiding planning principles the task force approved in
September after extensive community participation. These principles are
designed to provide direction for land use, transportation and other
improvements. The planning team’s activities, as guided by the task
force, will include ways to engage the public in generating concepts for
the future of Tysons, including visualizations of different alternatives.

The Tysons Land Use Task Force’s next meeting is tonight, Oct. 23, at 7
p.m. at the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, 8230 Old Courthouse Road,
Suite 350, Vienna. The task force’s planning principles, meeting
schedules, presentations and additional resources can be found at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/tysonscorner/. To
sign up for e-mail or printed mail updates, visit the Web page, call the
information line at 703-324-1344, TTY 711, or e-mail tysonscornerspecialstudy@fairfaxcounty.gov.

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